Engaging with Literature: A Workshop for Teachers, Grades 3-5"Workshop 5. Using Art and Other Disciplines to Enrich Classroom Conversations"
Learn how the arts and other disciplines can enhance individual literary experiences for each student. Through classroom footage and group discussion, see how drama, drawing, and music add depth and dimension to literature, and offer students alternative ways of expressing their understandings of the text. The group also talks about various ways to encourage students as writers. D

1:00 pm

Making Meaning In Literature: A Workshop for Teachers, Grades 6-8"Workshop 5. Student Diversity"
The varied viewpoints necessary for valuable class discussions are celebrated in this program. The group talks about the diversity of their students and how their interactions with literature are shaped in part by their life experiences, unique thoughts, and previous reading experiences. They examine the worth of using the lens of multiple perspectives to examine a work of literature, and offer suggestions for ways to encourage each student to contribute to the ongoing classroom conversation. D

2:00 pm

Artifacts & Fiction: Workshop In American Literature"Workshop 1. Visual Arts"
Paintings, sculpture, and other works of visual art express ideals in their own language. This session demonstrates how to identify the style, form, and subject matter of appropriate works to help draw out the cultural setting of literary texts. D

3:00 pm

Teaching Channel Presents"Stem In Action"
STEM in Action: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math come alive as students take on engineering challenges that encourage them to think like scientists. Design, collaboration, calculations, and predictions all play a role in these lessons. D

4:00 pm

Habitable Planet, The"Biodiversity Decline"
Species are being lost at a rapid rate in rainforests and coral reefs. Yet many species still have not been discovered. Tropical scientists struggle to keep ahead of the bulldozers as they work to understand this complex ecosystem. D

4:30 pm

Habitable Planet, The"Energy Challenges"
Global energy use increases by the day. Polluting the atmosphere with ever more carbon dioxide is not a viable solution for our future energy needs. Can new technologies such as carbon sequestration and ethanol production help provide the energy we need without pushing the concentrations of CO2 to dangerous levels?G

5:00 pm

Connecting with the Arts: A Workshop for Middle Grades Teachers"Workshop 3. How Do We Collaborate?"
This program illustrates a variety of teaching partnerships. Participants will see how teachers integrating the arts can benefit from collaborating with fellow teachers, partnering with visiting artists, and drawing on community resources. D

6:00 pm

Lidia's Italy In America"New York: New York Pizza"
Lidia shows viewers a typical New York pizza and then pays a visit to Eataly, where Sal at the cheese counter shows viewers how to make fresh mozzarella. Lidia makes traditional Italian Pizza Margherita from scratch, a Sausage and Spinach Calzone, and is joined in the kitchen by Grandma, who performs the official taste test. D

6:30 pm

Barbecue University with Steven Raichlen"Tailgate Warriors"
Steven scores extra points with a platter of grilled polenta with Italian sausage and peppers, then stuns the fans with flame-grilled prosciutto panini.G

Katie Brown Workshop"Backyard Style"
Get cooking outside the kitchen and let your next party spill out of the dining room and into the backyard. Recipes: beer-simmered bratwurst, burgers and baked beans. Projects: stylish food baskets and a backyard fountain. D

8:00 pm

Christina Cooks"Tailgate Party Makeover"
What better reason to get off the sofa, out of the house and down to the stadium for the big game than a tailgate party? Rooting for the team works up a hearty appetite. In this episode, you'll learn how to make hearty food, heart healthy!. D

8:30 pm

Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen"Road Food at Home"
Bridget uncovers the secrets to perfect Slow-Cooker BBQ Brisket. Then, Adam reveals his top picks for slow cookers. Next, Chris visits Harpoon Brewery to discover the best beers for cooking. D

America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated"Bistro-Style Steak and Potatoes"
Test cook Bridget Lancaster shows Chris how to make the five-star meal at home and serves it with Potato Galette. And finally, equipment expert Adam Ried reveals his top pick for wine openers. D

10:30 pm

Simply Ming"Mom & Dad Tsai & Pressure Cookers"
Ming's on top of the world in Napa Valley, affectionately known as the Spring Mountain District where he's joined by his parents, Steven & Iris Tsai. Together they show us the perfect culinary marriage of chicken, duck and wine when they create Coq au Vin and Red Roast Duck with Scallion Pancakes. D

11:00 pm

Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence"Eat Your Vegetables"
Joanne eases the anxiety that can sometimes set in when a vegetarian is coming to dinner. Working with her fitness specialist student Randy she prepares a satisfying bulgur and feta salad and fried potato and spiced red pepper frittata that would satisfy vegetarians and meat-eaters alike. Recipes: Bulgur, Feta and Oven-Dried Tomato Salad and Fried Potato and Spiced Red Pepper Frittata. D

11:30 pm

Rick Steves' Europe"Rome: Ancient Glory"
Rick takes a fresh look at Rome by exploring the traces of life in the capital of the ancient world - visiting the Colosseum and the Pantheon, and viewing the empire's art. Then he goes by bicycle to see the Appian Way and the other marvels of Roman engineering. Part 1 of 3G